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- Jeff Rice, who died on July 1 at 71, wrote the novel turned into the 1972 TV movie "The Night Stalker" with Darren McGavin, left, as a Las Vegas reporter on the trail of a vampire (played by Barry Atwater, right).
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Jan 1, 2001 · Jeff Rice originally wrote The Night Stalker as a novel, which was never published. It was then adapted into the screenplay that became the first Kolchak made-for-TV movie, which was so popular and successful that he was asked to write a novel based on the screenplay.
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Dec 22, 2019 · December, 1973. This is the date on the copyright page of the paperback edition of The Night Stalker, by Jeff Rice, the novel on which the TV movie was based. (It had been written prior to filming, but not published until afterward.) Did I read it in 1974 or 1975?
Nov 1, 1973 · It takes a lot of originality to write a palatable novel on vampires and Jeff Rice probably had the most unique approach (at least in the way of "believability" ) in the genre. I remember being glued to the TV when the made-for-television movie came out in 1972, and at the age of 8, I was owned.
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In 1972, The Night Stalker took America by storm, becoming the highest-rated TV movie at the time and spawning a second movie and a cult series, all starring Darren McGavin. The story of a blood-sucking psycho on the loose in Sin City started with a then-unpublished novel by Las Vegas reporter Jeff Rice.
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Mar 11, 2019 · Carl’s roots were in an unpublished novel by Jeff Rice called The Kolchak Papers, written around 1970.
The Night Stalker Series by Jeff Rice. 2 primary works • 3 total works. Book 1. The Night Stalker. by Jeff Rice. 4.09 · 322 Ratings · 50 Reviews · published 1973 · 12 editions. Four Gorgeous Girls, Their Bodies Drained of Blood… Want to Read. Rate it: Book 2. Kolchak: The Night Strangler. by Jeff Rice.
